Nose: rich malt. Lots and lots of rich malt. I'm not even
close to using a proper glass for nosing beers, but I don't particularly care.
I'm really just here for the drinking, sorry.
Palate: yeah! Nice roasty malt. You name your dark flavor, it is well
represented. Chocolate, molasses,
coffee... You name it. As it is Short's,
it does have that distinctive flavor that is their yeasty hoppy tangy thing,
but it is rather understated here, which works well. It is enough to be distinctive, but not so
much that it dominates and forces itself on you like it can sometimes feel.
Finish: great finish for an ale. Smooth, malty, and not too bitter. Like the ale itself, it starts full bodied
but recess quick enough. I don't like
the finish on most beers to hang around too much. Bad things tend to happen when they go too
long.
Overall, this was a great gift from Dr. Green and
White. He had one during our nice friend
evening, and I had a sip.. First
impression was that this was good. When
he left a bottle, I knew I had to write it up.
There's a fruit undercurrent through this that I need to figure out, but
I'm pretty sure I'm going to run out of beer before I do. The lazy writer in me wants to say raisins,
but that isn't it. Besides, raisins
never really seem good to me. Maybe a plum? Nah, maybe just some toasted
grains.
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